Healthcare

A healthcare worker in Nepal wears a protective suit as a preventive measure during the collection of swab samples. Prabin Ranabhat/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Get A total of 27 public healthcare workers have died of Covid-19 in the Western Cape. It includes one doctor, 13 nurses, and 13 workers from other sectors of the health department.The…

More than 77,800 have tested positive for the coronavirus, and more than 400 have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which acknowledges that’s a significant undercount. The nation’s largest nurses union, National Nurses United, puts the total much higher: 939 fatalities among health-care workers, based on reports from its chapters around…

Life Healthcare Group has apologised for denying MPs and the EC Health MEC entry at a hospital during an oversight visit. The group said the incident was unfortunate and explained that it happened after two managers went into quarantine.Premier Oscar Mabuyane said he was generally happy with what he saw during his visit of three…

A health worker takes samples from a man to test him for Covid-19 coronavirus. (Pedro Pardo, AFP) Parliament's portfolio committee on health and select committee on health and social services will meet with Life Health Group next week. National health oversight committee chairperson Dr Sibongiseni Dlomo and Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, were allegedly barred…

Western Cape premier confirms increased pressure on hospital system, but not yet at peak capacity"As we have noted across the health system, and in other sectors, there are several healthcare workers who are affected and is in isolation at home," Van der Heever said."However, this has not had any negative effect on service delivery at…